Heather Whitestone

For our historical figure project my group and I chose Heather Whitestone.  We reported on all of the wonderful things that she did for the Deaf Community.  The other day in my deaf studies class, Laura Smith was talking about pageants so Heather Whitestone came up.  She was talking about how the Deaf Community really looked down on her and did not consider her to be a part of the Deaf Community.  We did a lot of research on her and found a lot of good things she did, but when it came to the deaf perspective of things, apparently she wasn't everything that the media proposed she was.  It really shows the impact the media can have on the Deaf Community and any community in general.